EVA headgear p011blk $32 ($55 RR)

Shin guards p012 $25 ($33 RR)

Breast guard p149 $52 ($55 RR)

Gloves p013-f $32 ($55 RR)

Boots p031 $32 ($55 RR)

All MGA members are invited to attend and experience tuition from a number of leading Tasmanian martial arts instructors in Shaolin Kung Fu, Karate, Traditional and Sport Tae Kwon Do, and Ju Jutsu.

Workshop begins 10:30am (sharp) and will run for approx 3 hours. Further details to follow or please email Shifu Jason for more info.

If you are not a member of MGA or the TMAC you may still attend but contact Shifu Jason to express interest.

http://youtu.be/AxHV1Y__fhE

Wishing you all the very best and reminding students in Launceston that classes run as per normal timetable on long weekends.

Class tonight Wellington St 7:00-9:00pm

Look forward to seeing you there.

Already this is shaping up to be an exciting year for the Academy.

We kicked off classes 9/1/12 and began a series of lessons aimed at reviewing the entire grading curriculum at the rate of a level per week which will continue until early March.

Shifu and Karen welcomed a baby girl into the world mid January, Melody Parks, and would like to thank everyone for their kind wishes and support.

We have set the grading/event timetable for 2012 and it is as follows:

15/2/12 - Practice grading 1

29/2/12 - Grading 1

April TBA - Full Day Workshop

25/4/12 - Practice Grading 2

30/5/12 - Grading 2

July TBA - Guest Workshop - at this time it looks like an intensive intro to MMA

25/7/12 - Practice Grading 3

29/8/12 - Grading 3

October TBA - MGA Tournament - Forms, weapons, sparring under MGA rules

24/10/12 - Practice Grading 4

28/11/12 - Grading 4

December/Jan 2013 - Canberra workshops

MGA has a regular training group that has been growing steadily since 2011 and is looking to make a transition from training group to official branch in December this year. Grading syllabus is already running through our distance education program and there will be more updates on this throughout the year.

Launceston branch will be trialling a new venue starting 1/2/12 and will be instead of Wednesday nights at UTAS for the month of February 2012.

During February 2012 classes will be

Monday Nights 7:00pm-9:00pm - KAOS Dojo, Wellington St Launceston above Domino’s Pizza

Wednesday Nights 7:00pm-9:00pm - Windsor Precinct, Community Hall, Windsor Drive, Riverside.

Windsor Drive is only new and may not appear on maps but coming from the city turn right at the Eccleston Rd intersection.

Here is the link to the West Tamar Council website which discusses the Facility in detail

http://www.wtc.tas.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=156&catid=1&Itemid=1

We will be in Area “P”.

There will be a lot more content going up on the website this year and in addition to more articles and clips there will be a big step forward in content for subscribers and in our distance learning program so stay tuned.

Thank you to everyone for making 2011 such an enjoyable year and we look forward to even more in 2012 - the year of the Dragon.

Classes resume tonight 7:00pm on Wellington St as per usual.

if you would like further details please phone Jason on 0409 046 135.

At the end of last year, in class, we had a discussion about putting some form walkthroughs online for members.

Well here they are!

These clips are completely unedited so sometimes I do go off on strange tangents but the correction follows so not too worry too much.

Also they are shot in a car park with me fat and wearing a tracksuit so hence “unauthorised”. Authorised would be me fat and wearing a uniform.

They are as follows:

Da Mor Quan - Bodhidharma Fist

Previously thought lost, this expanded and more advanced variation on the 18 Lohan Hands was lovingly restored by the Shaolin Master Shi De Shui. I was very fortunate to have learnt this from him in 1994 and so we are able to practice it today. This form remains one of the rarest forms of Shaolin Temple surviving today.

Qi Xing Quan - Seven Star Fist

This style demonstrates the Shaolin Close in body method and is a Rooster style form. This form is very effective against kickers.

Shi Ba Shou Lohan Quan - 18 Hands of Lohan Boxing

A surviving version of the original fist form of the Shaolin Temple.

Lien Huan Chang Quan - Continuous Long Fist

Part of the family of forms that expand Wu Bu Quan.

Wu Xing Ba Fa - Eight Laws of Five Animal Fist

An excellent introduction to the movements and concepts of the Tiger, Crane,Leopard, Snake, and Dragon.

Qi Mei Gun - Eyebrow Height pole

Simple and comprehensive. This form is one of the most effective pole styles to be taught to beginners as it is easy to learn and apply and yet with a depth of application.

Shaolin Dan Dao - Shaolin Single Broadsword

A modern style of Shaolin Broadsword. Obviously based on the framework of the Qi Mei pole. this form is so fundamental in application that it can be successfully applied to almost any short class of weapon.

Xiao Hong Quan - Small Flood Fist

The modern standard of Shaolin practice.

That should keep you all off the streets and out of trouble for a little while.

All always if you have any questions please contact me of better yet post a comment.

Kind regards

Shifu

Thank you all for making this yet another enjoyable year of sharing Gong Fu and I look forward to doing it all again next year.

As a bit of a present I would like you to please enjoy this amazing display of Qi Gong as recorded by my teacher De Chuan during a visit to China.

I also ask that you please respect the privacy of the monk involved and not share this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgmszhCdeaw

Here are the contact details for the centre.

Telephone:

Email:

Address:

Remember to please bring training clothes, including shoes, towel ,drink bottle, lunch and snacks, journal and pens and broadsword or similar (bokken or short stick).

For any further details please email me or contact Qi Therapy Centre.

At Shaolin Da Mo also met with resistance to his methods and so he moved to out of the monastery proper and into a cave near Shaolin. Da Mo lived in this cave for nine years perfecting his message and deepening his understanding of his own practice and of the requirements of the monks of Shaolin.

Small Sleeping Lohan

Before he left Shaolin, Da Mo passed on to the monks the principles of Cha’n (Zen) Buddhism, Sinew/muscle changing exercises, marrow washing meditation, and self defence principles contained in the form Eighteen Hands of Lohan. Most importantly, through the use of the form and the concepts contained within, Da Mo had laid a foundation for combat training as a form of personal and spiritual development system instead of just for war. For this last reason most Asian martial arts systems honour Da Mo as the founder of martial arts.

Before becoming a monk Da Mo had been a member of the Indian warrior caste – Ksatreya. As Ksatreya, Da Mo would have been fully schooled in the skills and strategies of war and as a monk he was able to see his prior training as a means of developing spiritual clarity.

By combining the two principles into a routine Da Mo had a vehicle for his teachings that survive to this day.

In Shan Men Shaolin Quan the form of Eighteen Lohan Hands (Shi Ba Shou Lohan Quan) introduces a wide range of key principles to the practitioner. Each one of the Eighteen ‘hands’ can be applied as a simple self defence technique but each is also a concept that can be expanded out into a huge variety of techniques.

Eighteen Hands of Lohan contains efficient defences against punches, kicks, grabs and holds, as well as counters to weapon attacks. In its expanded form it contains complete formula for the dissolving of grips, reversing of locks and holds, construction of locks and the principles of throwing and takedowns. It also contains key concepts on evasive footwork, short range striking and the generation of wave power. Most importantly the 18 Hands of Lohan shows the very roots of Shaolin Gong Fu and gives us the ability to see the bigger picture of Shaolin Quan.

Lion Opens Mouth to Roar

In Shan Men Shaolin Quan the Eighteen Hands of Lohan is taught at Level Four so that the practitioner already has a foundation in Shaolin Gong Fu. This form is also the prerequisite for the more mainstream Shaolin work such as Xiao Hong, Da Hong, Pao Quan, Wu Xing Ba Fa and so on.

Shi Ba Shou Lohan Quan (Shaolin Eighteen Hands of Lohan)

The Eighteen Hands of Lohan sets the conceptual foundation of Shaolin Boxing.

This form is small but contains layers upon layers of functionality. The Eighteen Hands of Lohan teaches direct and effective applications that can be used with even minimal training.

Shi Ba Shou Lohan Quan is a Tao Lu form.

Salute

Return to Thunderbolt Step, fists raised on the waist

1.       Cross palms, bind and present

2.       Plant onions in the mud, slap palms in Shrink Step

3.       Plant onions in the mud

4.       Double sweep hands and double push in right forward step

5.       Call earth to witness, cut hand over and plant onions in the mud

6.       About face, Dan Tien cannon

7.       Loin roars right and left

8.       Scissor fist Shrink Step

9.       Double elbow strikes

10.   Cloud hands and strike the seven stars

11.   Horse step and double claws

12.   Wind catcher palm to the left

13.    Supporting heaven palms

14.   Golden rooster on one leg

15.   Clear and punch three times

16.   Turning elbow

17.   Cross wrists, bind and repel

18.   Small sleeping Lohan

19.   Fang sung to finish